Writers: Richelle Mead & Grant Alter
Artists: Dave Hamann
Cover Artists: Dave Hamann & Jennyson Rosero
Series: Dark Swan
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Graphic Novel
Release Date: May 2011
I received this issue for review from Sea Lion Books.
Summary: Eugenie Markham never asked for any of this. Until now, she's been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banished Otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy suddenly makes her the Otherworld's most popular bacherlorette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off unwanted supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that begin emerging from her past...
Thoughts: While I'm a big fan of the Vampire Academy and Georgina Kincaid I have yet to start Mead's Dark Swan series. So, when I got the chance to review the graphic novel, I jumped at the chance.
The first issue propels you right into the thick of Eugenie Markham's life, as she cast a powerful ghost from a ordinary shoe. Issue #1 is fast paced and the energy was great. I loved the start of this story, I wish I picked this one up long before now. Eugenie is everything I like in my heroines, mouthy and kick ass. The art pops off the page. Especially the look of Eugenie, I think she is captured better here, then in the mass market book covers. Whether you are a fan of graphic novels or the Dark Swan series, you won't want to miss this one.
Score: 4 Stars
Where to Buy:
Storm Born, Issue #1 (out now!)- Sea Lion Books
Dark Swan Vol. 1 (October 4, 2011) Amazon & Things From Another World
Click to enlarge the graphics. All graphics were posted with the permission of the publisher.
I'd be so happy if my library shelved cool graphic novels like this one. :)
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